{"id":43,"date":"2024-04-12T14:23:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/digitalenglishstudies\/self-test-computer-jargon-corpora\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T11:23:59","slug":"self-test-computer-jargon-corpora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/digitalenglishstudies\/self-test-computer-jargon-corpora\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Test: Computer Jargon &#038; Corpora"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"watupro_quiz\" class=\"quiz-area single-page-quiz\">\n<p id=\"submittingExam1\" style=\"display:none;text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sisu.ut.ee\/wp-content\/plugins\/watupro\/img\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\"><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"watupro-exam-description\" id=\"description-quiz-1\"><p>Choose for each explanation the correct abbreviation and acronym used in computing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<form action=\"\" method=\"post\" class=\"quiz-form\" id=\"quiz-1\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\">\n<div class=\"watu-question \" id=\"question-1\" style=\";\"><div id=\"questionWrap-1\" class=\"   watupro-question-id-2\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"question-content\"><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What is a corpus?<\/p>\n<p><select name=\"gap_2_1\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-2\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"a collection of texts stored on a computer\">a collection of texts stored on a computer<\/option><option value=\"any large collection of words;\u00a0e.g. a collection of books or\u00a0\u00a0newspapers\">any large collection of words;\u00a0e.g. a collection of books or\u00a0\u00a0newspapers<\/option><option value=\"an electronic database similar to a dictionary\">an electronic database similar to a dictionary<\/option><option value=\"a theory of language\">a theory of language<\/option><\/select><\/p>\n<p>What is the main reason for using corpora?<\/p>\n<p><select name=\"gap_2_2\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-2\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"With corpora we can answer all research questions about language.\">With corpora we can answer all research questions about language.<\/option><option value=\"Other methods of language analysis are not reliable.\">Other methods of language analysis are not reliable.<\/option><option value=\"Computers help us discover interesting patterns quickly and reliably.\">Computers help us discover interesting patterns quickly and reliably.<\/option><option value=\"Computers can confirm our intuitions about language.\">Computers can confirm our intuitions about language.<\/option><\/select><\/p>\n<p>Which of these is NOT a type of corpus?<\/p>\n<p><select name=\"gap_2_3\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-2\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"observer corpus\">observer corpus<\/option><option value=\"learner corpus\">learner corpus<\/option><option value=\"diachronic corpus\">diachronic corpus<\/option><option value=\"multilingual corpus\">multilingual corpus<\/option><\/select><\/p>\n<p>What is a concordance?<\/p>\n<p><select name=\"gap_2_4\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-2\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"Information about word frequencies normalised per million words.\">Information about word frequencies normalised per million words.<\/option><option value=\"Listing of examples of a word searched in a corpus with some context.\">Listing of examples of a word searched in a corpus with some context.<\/option><option value=\"A list of words and their frequencies.\">A list of words and their frequencies.<\/option><option value=\"An alphabetical list of words that appear in a text.\">An alphabetical list of words that appear in a text.<\/option><\/select><\/p>\n<p>What is a collocation?<\/p>\n<p><select name=\"gap_2_5\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-2\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"The tendency of words to co-occur with one another.\">The tendency of words to co-occur with one another.<\/option><option value=\"The tendency of speakers to talk over each other.\">The tendency of speakers to talk over each other.<\/option><option value=\"The tendency of sentences to create meaning.\">The tendency of sentences to create meaning.<\/option><option value=\"The tendency of words to appear in unique and different contexts.\">The tendency of words to appear in unique and different contexts.<\/option><\/select><\/p>\n<p>What is a frequency distribution in a corpus?<\/p>\n<p><select name=\"gap_2_6\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-2\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"Information about how frequent a word is in a corpus.\">Information about how frequent a word is in a corpus.<\/option><option value=\"Information about how frequent a word is per million words.\">Information about how frequent a word is per million words.<\/option><option value=\"Sociolinguistic information about the gender of the speakers.\">Sociolinguistic information about the gender of the speakers.<\/option><option value=\"Information about frequency of use of a term across texts and speakers.\">Information about frequency of use of a term across texts and speakers.<\/option><\/select><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"question_id[]\" id=\"qID_1\" value=\"2\" class=\"watupro-question-id\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"answerType2\" class=\"answerTypeCnt1\" value=\"gaps\"><!-- end question-content--><\/div><!-- end questionWrap--><\/div><\/div><div class=\"watu-question \" id=\"question-2\" style=\";\"><div id=\"questionWrap-2\" class=\"   watupro-question-id-1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"question-content\"><ul>\n<li>a collection of English-language material available for computer processing <select name=\"gap_1_1\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-1\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><option value=\"ROM\">ROM<\/option><option 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value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"MT\">MT<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"ICAME\">ICAME<\/option><\/select><\/li>\n<li>a database of different samples of spoken and written English <select name=\"gap_1_3\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-1\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"RAM\">RAM<\/option><option value=\"HTML\">HTML<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"KIWC\">KIWC<\/option><option value=\"HTTP\">HTTP<\/option><option value=\"VLE\">VLE<\/option><option value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><option value=\"CALL\">CALL<\/option><option value=\"ICAME\">ICAME<\/option><option value=\"USB\">USB<\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"MT\">MT<\/option><option value=\"ISP\">ISP<\/option><option value=\"CAL\">CAL<\/option><option value=\"ROM\">ROM<\/option><\/select><\/li>\n<li>a huge collection of documents that are connected by hypertext links and can be accessed through the Internet <select name=\"gap_1_4\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-1\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"USB\">USB<\/option><option value=\"VLE\">VLE<\/option><option value=\"RAM\">RAM<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><option value=\"ISP\">ISP<\/option><option value=\"\" selected><\/option><option value=\"ROM\">ROM<\/option><option value=\"KIWC\">KIWC<\/option><option value=\"CAL\">CAL<\/option><option value=\"HTML\">HTML<\/option><option value=\"CALL\">CALL<\/option><option value=\"MT\">MT<\/option><option value=\"HTTP\">HTTP<\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"ICAME\">ICAME<\/option><\/select><\/li>\n<li>a set of rules for transfering files on the WWW|usually included at the beginning of a website address (e.g. http:\/\/www. ) <select name=\"gap_1_5\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-1\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"VLE\">VLE<\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"CAL\">CAL<\/option><option value=\"ICAME\">ICAME<\/option><option value=\"CALL\">CALL<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"MT\">MT<\/option><option value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><option value=\"RAM\">RAM<\/option><option value=\"ROM\">ROM<\/option><option value=\"ISP\">ISP<\/option><option value=\"USB\">USB<\/option><option value=\"HTML\">HTML<\/option><option value=\"HTTP\">HTTP<\/option><option value=\"KIWC\">KIWC<\/option><\/select><\/li>\n<li>a standard way to connect things like printers and scanners to a computer <select name=\"gap_1_6\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-1\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"KIWC\">KIWC<\/option><option value=\"ROM\">ROM<\/option><option value=\"CAL\">CAL<\/option><option value=\"HTML\">HTML<\/option><option value=\"ICAME\">ICAME<\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"MT\">MT<\/option><option value=\"USB\">USB<\/option><option value=\"CALL\">CALL<\/option><option value=\"HTTP\">HTTP<\/option><option value=\"RAM\">RAM<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"VLE\">VLE<\/option><option value=\"ISP\">ISP<\/option><option value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><\/select><\/li>\n<li>a type of permanent computer or disk memory that stores information that can be read or used but not changed <select name=\"gap_1_7\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-1\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"CALL\">CALL<\/option><option value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><option value=\"ROM\">ROM<\/option><option value=\"VLE\">VLE<\/option><option value=\"CAL\">CAL<\/option><option value=\"RAM\">RAM<\/option><option value=\"KIWC\">KIWC<\/option><option value=\"ICAME\">ICAME<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"ISP\">ISP<\/option><option value=\"USB\">USB<\/option><option value=\"MT\">MT<\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"HTML\">HTML<\/option><option value=\"HTTP\">HTTP<\/option><\/select><\/li>\n<li>a way to write 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value=\"USB\">USB<\/option><option value=\"CAL\">CAL<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"ICE\">ICE<\/option><option value=\"ISP\">ISP<\/option><option value=\"CALL\">CALL<\/option><option value=\"HTML\">HTML<\/option><option value=\"PDF\">PDF<\/option><option value=\"RAM\">RAM<\/option><option value=\"VLE\">VLE<\/option><option value=\"MT\">MT<\/option><\/select><\/li>\n<li>documents in this format look exactly like the original documents and can be viewed and printed on most computers|without the need for each computer to have the same software|fonts|etc. <select name=\"gap_1_10\" class=\"watupro-gap answer answerof-1\"><option value=\"\"><\/option><option value=\"CAL\">CAL<\/option><option value=\"VLE\">VLE<\/option><option value=\"RAM\">RAM<\/option><option value=\"KIWC\">KIWC<\/option><option value=\"USB\">USB<\/option><option value=\"ROM\">ROM<\/option><option value=\"WWW\">WWW<\/option><option value=\"HTML\">HTML<\/option><option 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